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The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt

The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt

Eduardo Mendoza (Author)

Nicholas Caistor (Translator)

Children's Book

Edition published in 2008 in English language
Released from an asylum to help with a police enquiry, the quick–witted and foul–smelling narrator, Gonewiththewind, delves deep into the underworld of 1970s Barcelona to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl from a convent school.Helped only by his ageing prostitute sister and the voluptuous nymphomaniac, Mercedes, the narrator’s investigations take him deeper into a mystery involving murdered sailors, suicidal daughters, a web of organised crime and a secret, underground crypt.Both gripping and surprising, The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt, is a hilarious detective story.
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